Using-Culture.ps1

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1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates a function to run culture sensitive operations
4.     in some other culture. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     The Using-Culture function gets the current culture, saves it, then
7.     runs the script block in the requested culture. The function then
8.     restores the culture.  The script then ends with calls to
9.     Using-Culture to demonstrate its use.
10.  
11.     The script is based on a blog note at: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/04/25/583235.aspx. 
12. .NOTES 
13.     File Name  : Using-Culture.ps1 
14.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
15.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
16. .LINK 
17.     This script posted to: 
18.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/02/using-cultureps1.html
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     run the script and see! 
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Defind the Using-Culture function 
24. Function Using-Culture { 
25. Param ( 
26. [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]$culture = (throw "USAGE: Using-Culture -Culture culture -Script {scriptblock}"), 
27. [ScriptBlock]$script= (throw "USAGE: Using-Culture -Culture culture -Script {scriptblock}") 
28. ) 
29.     $OldCulture = [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture 
30.     trap  
31.     { 
32.         [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture 
33.     } 
34.     [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture 
35.     Invoke-Command $script 
36.     [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture 
37. } 
38. ## 
39. # Now use the function 
40. ## 
41.  
42. # Here is an example of Using-Culture 
43. "Get-Date using ar-IQ" 
44. using-culture ar-IQ {get-date} 
45. "" 
46. # Parse ar-IQ formatted date into local culture 
47. "Parse IQ date to English and display" 
48. $IQD = "30 تشرين الثاني, 2005 09:01:38 ص" 
49. using-culture ar-IQ {$global:d=[DateTIme]::Parse($IQD)} 
50. $IQD 
51. $d 
52. "" 
53. # Now do it in German 
54. "Get-Date using de-de" 
55. using-culture de-de {get-date} 
56. "" 
57. "Parsing a german date into local" 
58. $ded="Mittwoch, 30. November 2005 09:02:29" 
59. using-culture de-de {$global:d=[DateTIme]::Parse($DED)} 
60. $ded 
61. $d 

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